Bill,
You raise the problem that most textbooks on qualitatives methods published
nowadays in the USA are liable of. This comes from a lack of formal training
in qualitative methods and the belief that they amount to a set of techniques
with no particular theoretical foundation (it's just field work, after all!)
or, even worse, that they are based on positivistic assumptions. Ratner, in
his book on Cultural Psychology and Qualitative Methodology makes the same
point about the types of analyses done on transcripts. In that there are all
sorts of interviews, you may be interested in Steinar Kvale's book (1996)
entitled "InterViews: An introduction to qualitative research interviewing"
(Sage). And if you are keen on reading new and daring sorts of things, try
Hollway and Jefferson's (2000) "Doing qualitative research differently: free
association, narrative and the interview method" (Sage). Good luck.
Doris.
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